Quite Common Terns

This is a "blast off" at Ft. Desoto North Beach from several years ago. The area where this occurred is now roped off but was public access until a couple of years ago. Common terns stop by the thousands during their migration and seem to spontaneously erupt into flight such as this. I see many different types of gulls, terns and shorebirds taking part in these flights. In this group there are a few least terns, some sandwich terns and some Forster's terns plus the common terns. Some of the blastoffs include large numbers of skimmers but I do not see any in this photo.

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